Canon PowerShot S90
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16 years ago
Canon PowerShot S90 Review
This camera is white hot – forget about getting a good deal for months. Checking legit online retailers, we only found list price and higher! Now is $429 a deal for a point-and-shoot?
Pros:
- Terrific low-light shooter
- typical high-quality Canon photos
- extensive photo adjustments via control dials
- excellent LCD screen
Cons:
- Watch your fingers with pop-up flash
- button placement takes getting used to
- slow frame rate
- no HD video
- worse-than-average battery life
16 years ago
Canon's Powershot S90 features a G11 sensor in your pocket, for brilliant low-light pics
It's like having the excellent G11 flagship in a pocket version
16 years ago
Canon PowerShot S90 Review
I'll be straightforward here – I like the Canon PowerShot S90, I like it a LOT. Here's why – it's packed to the brim with features, yet is as small as an average compact camera. After four long years, the Canon S-series is finally back with the all new PowerShot S90.
Pros:
- Very good image quality with good color accuracy and overall sharpness, Camera excels in low-light: f2.0 starting aperture and powerful flash at wide-angle, ISO usable till 1600, good AF in dim conditions, Compact design
- 28-105 mm lens starts at f2.0 and has image stabilization, Dual control dials:...
Cons:
- Prominent color fringing (chromatic aberration) at wide apertures
- visible lens distortion, Below average battery life, Rear dial lacks tactile clicks and is easily bumped, No HD movie recording capabilities
- can't use optical zoom while recording, Sluggish continuous shooting performance (would...
16 years ago
Canon PowerShot S90
As of May 11, 2010, Canon has announced the release of the , a slightly pared-down version of the S90 reviewed here. The SD4000 IS features the same f2.0, wide-angle lens as the S90 as well as aperture- and shutter-speed-priority shooting modes.
Pros:
- Excellent control system for manual, semimanual shooting
- fantastic wide-angle f2 lens
- very good low-light photo quality
Cons:
- Performance is merely average
- no HD movie mode or optical zoom while recording
- no optical viewfinder and a couple other design miscues
16 years ago
Canon Powershot S90
The Canon Powershot S90 is a unique ultra-compact to feature a full-range of manual controls including manual focusing, a bright stabilized wide-angle F2 lens and two control wheels for efficient controls. One control wheel is mounted around the 4-way control and the other is found around the lens.
Pros:
- Better image noise than most ultra-compacts
- Fast F2 wide-angle lens
- Effective stabilization
- Generally good lens sharpness
- Low optical distortion at telephoto
- Good automatic white-balance
- Good color accuracy
- Very efficient interface
- Highly customizable interface
- Good LCD details and...
Cons:
- Slightly below average speed of operation
- Tendency to overexpose
- Auto-focus not so fast
- Focus misses more frequent than average
- Slight edge softness and more corner softness
- Noticeable distortion at wide-angle
- Limited dynamic range
- Short battery life
- Difficult to hold securely and to use...
16 years ago
You could be forgiven for thinking you might never see DSLR control in a compact – until now. The Canon PowerShot S90 is a sleek compact camera that belies its simple looks with a range of controls we're more accustomed to seeing on DSLRs.
16 years ago
Canon S90 review
The Canon S90 is the latest compact DSLR replacement from Canon - the little brother to the successful Canon G11 . Profits are squeezed to the point of asphyxiation in the compact camera market at the moment; tough economic times mean your typical 'point and shoot' compact owner doesn't feel the...
16 years ago
Canon PowerShot S90
An exceptional compact camera for demanding enthusiasts and affluent point-and-clickers, but it doesn't surpass Panasonic's LX3.
16 years ago
Getting a compact camera noticed above the swell of £150 mid-range snappers is difficult, but as soon as you lift it out of the box, the S90's aspirations towards miniature-DSLR quality are obvious.
16 years ago
Canon PowerShot S90 review
Within the current Canon PowerShot range there are two compact cameras that are designed to appeal to the enthusiast photographer. Although the Canon PowerShot S90 is smaller and lighter than its sibling, the PowerShot G11, the two cameras share many of the same features.
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